Food Pantry

The Food Pantry meets the nutritional needs of individuals and families that are unable to provide adequate food for their households. The pantry is open to the general public.

Because we value the dignity of our clients very much and want to give them a positive shopping experience with the food pantry, TTA uses the Client Choice Model where shoppers may choose the food they and their family members want to eat.

As a visitor to the Food Pantry, you’ll receive a warm greeting in our new welcome area with encouraging messages on the walls while listening to an inspiring message from our senior pastor, Dr. Tony Evans.

Hours of Operation If you and/or your family are in need of food, please come by the Food Pantry during the following hours:

Mondays and Fridays 9:30 am to 12 noon and 1 to 3 pm

Saturday 9 am to 12 noon

We are closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Shopping at the TTA Food Pantry

Families/individuals eligible to shop in the food pantry must complete a short intake application during their first visit.

Clients will receive a shopping card that must be presented with each visit to the pantry. This card will help you to remember your visits and when you are eligible to receive food again (every 90 days).

You’ll need to bring in the following documents each time you visit to receive food:

Valid and up-to-date Photo ID

Your children’s birth certificates and updated proof of enrollment in school

Rental lease verifying your household size and current address

Current utility bill for the address on the lease

Only one client per address will be served.

During your visit, you are assigned a shopping cart along with a personal shopper to assist you in selecting your grocery items.

Once you complete your shopping, your personal shopper will escort you to the check-out counter.

REMEMBER: You are eligible to visit the Food Pantry once every three months, if needed. You must present your shopping card at each visit.

Help TTA Fight Hunger

Did you know…

In North Texas there is a 29-million meal gap between what people need—3 meals per day—and what they can currently access.

There are children who sit next to your kids in class every day that go hungry every evening.

Hard-working families in your neighborhood struggle with the decision to pay bills or buy food.

Seniors who live around the corner from you are quietly wondering where their next meal is coming from.

Hungry children have poorer mental and overall health, miss more days of school, suffer greater rates of behavioral disorders and are less prepared to learn when they are in school.

You can make a difference in someone’s life, and together we can successfully close the gap on hunger. Through your donations of food, you are partnering with us as we do our part in helping urban youth and families live healthy through proper nutrition. Popular food items include:

Canned Vegetables

Canned Meats

Flower, Corn Meal, Sugar, Oil

Rice, Pasta, Beans

Tomato Sauce and Paste

Cereal

Fresh Diary Products (Milk, Cheese, Eggs, Butter)

Food 4 Kids Program Too many children are hungry in our community. This is a serious problem with over 87% of the students in Dallas public schools receiving subsidized breakfast and/or lunch and often going without dinner and food on weekends.

The TTA Food Pantry participates in the North Texas Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids (F4K) program, delivering food to public schools in Dallas County. Food pantry personnel pick up food items from the North Texas Food Bank once a week and deliver it to the public schools on a designated day and time. The Food 4 Kids program provides backpacks filled with enough nutritious food for students and their school-age siblings to last the whole weekend. Students take the backpacks of food home on Friday and return empty backpacks on Monday.

Students are referred by school personnel for participation in the program. The following TTA school clusters take part in the Food 4 Kids program: